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Monday, May 20

@dustcirclenews - DOCUMENTARIES: Nature of Existence, Turlock, Afraid of People, Euthanasia, Milking It, Just a Doctor, Runs on Water, Naked Citizens, China's Dirty Secrets, U.S. Crime and Gun Culture, America's War Games, Great Science Minds, Bridal Slaves, Baby Go Boom! Cholesterol Cover-up, Give Us the Money, Air Force One, Poor Us, Extradition, POW's Betrayed


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The Nature of Existence
For The Nature of Existence, Nygard prepared a questionnaire with 85 weighty philosophical questions, ranging from Why do we exist? and Do we have free will? to Who created God? and Is there a moral yardstick that applies to all cultures?


















Turlock
In February of 2012, the owners of A&L Poultry – a 50,000 hen egg farm – stopped feeding the hens in their care, leaving the birds without food for more than two weeks.


















AFRAID OF PEOPLE
Social anxiety is anxiety (emotional discomfort, fear, apprehension, or worry) about social situations, interactions with others, and being evaluated or scrutinized by other people. The difference between Social Anxiety and normal apprehension of social situations is that social anxiety involves an intense feeling of fear in social situations and especially situations that are unfamiliar or in which you will be watched or evaluated by others. The feeling of fear is so strong that in these types of situations you may be so worried that you feel anxious just thinking about them and will go to great lengths to avoid them.

LICENSE TO KILL – EUTHANASIA
It is illegal in Australia, taboo across Asia, and a political and moral minefield to boot, yet poll after poll shows 80 percent of Australians want voluntary euthanasia introduced.


MILKING IT
Recent years has seen the British dairy industry in trouble, with hundreds of dairy farms going bankrupt every year. Sharcott Pennings farm (a part of Stowell Farm) is a great example of a thriving dairy farm. Proving that when done right, dairy farming can still be a profitable business.

GARY HARTSTEIN – I WAS JUST A DOCTOR
Dr Gary Hartstein, M.D. is the former FIA Medical Delegate for the Formula One World Championship. Gary has been key in developing some of the FIA’s new approaches and policies in terms of medical safety.


IT RUNS ON WATER
It Runs On Water gives viewers a clear message that Free Energy is on the way. Arthur C. Clarke explains how there were four stages in the way scientists react to the development of anything of a revolutionary nature. “Free Energy” was now working its way through these four stages of reaction.

NAKED CITIZENS
Increasing numbers of “terror suspects” are now being arrested on the basis of online and CCTV surveillance data. Authorities claim they act in the public interest, but does this intense surveillance keep us safer?

CHINA’S DIRTY SECRETS
China’s factories provide low cost products such as computers and cars to the rest of the world. But critics claim such economic progress takes a heavy toll, polluting the country’s air, land and rivers.

GUNS, CULTURE AND CRIME IN THE U.S.
For the first time in years, US politicians are discussing serious gun control measures. But millions of people in the country’s inner cities live with the threat of gun violence on a daily basis.

America’s War Games
The United States’ military expenditures today account for about 40 percent of the world total. In 2012, the US spent some $682bn on its military – an amount more than what was spent by the next 13 countries combined.


















SciShow: Great Minds
SciShow delves into the minds of some of humanity’s greatest scientists. 


















BRIDAL SLAVES
In the midst of widespread poverty, fueled by economic inequality and rampant corruption, a new form of slavery – bridal slavery – has flourished in India. Women and young girls are sold for as little as $120 to men who often abuse them.

Culture in Decline: Baby Go Boom!
If you watch the news these days it seems to be a lot to be concerned about. Nuclear, war, terrorism, mass shootings, bombings, corporate fraud, bird flu, bank,failures, unemployment, contamination, gangs, general crime, and depending on your temperament and conditioning perhaps you’ve already armed yourself to the teeth and you’re watching this show from an underground bunkers somewhere, waiting for the end of civilization itself.


















Statin Nation: The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up
We are told that cholesterol is a major cause of heart disease. At least 40 million people are currently taking cholesterol-lowering medications, known as statins, and millions more people are avoiding foods that contain saturated fat and cholesterol.



















GIVE US THE MONEY
From Live Aid to Make Poverty History, celebrities have become activists against poverty. Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor.


















ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE
Get the ultimate tour of Air Force One, including the President’s bedroom and restricted areas where top-secret technology is housed. Then meet the presidential pilot and the crew charged with operating this global command center in the sky.


Poor Us: An Animated History
The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis’s film takes us through the changing world of poverty.



















Extradition

Extradition is a film that explores the injustices of the Extradition Act 2003 through the suffering of two individuals and their families. Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmed held without charge can be extradited according to the European Court of Human Rights. They have been held without charge for over 14 years collectively. The court concluded that “there would be no violation of the applicants’ rights if extradited to stand trial in the United States”. These men have been let down by the British justice system and now face being incarcerated in one of America’s toughest prisons. 


Pure History : Prisoners of War Betrayed

The fate of prisoners of war and missing in action is one of the darkest chapters of the Cold War. Tens of thousands of American soldiers and European survivors were sent to unknown destinations during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. This short documentary examines what happened and why.




Tuesday, April 9

@dustcirclenews - VIDEOS: Looting of Bank Accounts, Margaret Thatcher Legacy of Destruction, Chicago School Closing Protests, Anonymous #Operation Israel 2.0, MLK on Media Power and War Horror, Price of Austerity, GMO Protection Legislation, Climate Change Will Get Us, Doubt on DOMA Case, Marriage Equality, Wikileaks' Kissinger Cables, more.


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"Get Your Money Out of the Banks" 
Jim Rogers on CNBC 3/28/13
'Looting' of Bank Accounts Has Rogers Worried


In Her Passing, Margaret Thatcher Leaves Behind A Legacy Of Destruction



Paul Cameron: “Gays more likely to have sex with kids and animals, according to survey produced by My Rectum”


Thatcher – THIS is why people reviled her


Watch: Chicago School Closing Protests



Anonymous – #Operation Israel (v2.0)


On 45th Anniversary of His Death, Martin Luther King Jr. on the Power of Media and the Horror of War


Youth Will Pay the Price of Austerity

Elites profit from "smaller" government while youth unemployment soars


Obama Gives Monsanto Get a Out of Jail Free Card, Signs GMO Protection Legislation

Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn't Get Us, Climate Change Will


"Skim-Milk Marriage": Justices Cast Doubt on DOMA in Case Brought by 83-Year-Old Lesbian Widow


Debate: Does Marriage Equality Reinforce a Conservative Institution or Support Social Change?



"Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement": Film Portrays Lesbian Couple Behind Defense of Marriage Case



"The Kissinger Cables": Three Years After "Collateral Murder," WikiLeaks Explores U.S. Diplomacy

Thursday, February 21

21.Feb.2013 - HEADLINES: Feds Buy 2-Billion Rounds of Ammo, Arrested for Your Politics, Civil Disobedience, America Not the Greatest, Exceptionalism, Human Misery Profiting, Homeless Shelter Abuses, Retail Apocalypse, Israeli Occupation Prisons, more.


images-4Feds Buy 2 Billion Rounds of Ammunition



Arrested for Your Politics in America? It's Already Happening
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/arrested-your-politics-america-its-already-happening

Civil Disobedience: The Only "Weapon" We Have Remaining?

How Can Anyone Still Believe That America Is the Greatest Country on Earth?
http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-how-can-anyone-still-believe-america-greatest-country-earth

The Premises And Purposes Of American Exceptionalism

Profiting From Human Misery
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/18

I Went Undercover at a Homeless Shelter -- You Wouldn't Believe the Shocking Abuses I Found There

Retail Apocalypse: Why Are Major Retail Chains All Over America Collapsing?

Thousands Protest 'Israeli Occupation Prisons' as Hunger Strikers Press On

Large study links excessive TV in childhood to criminal behavior in adults
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/18/large-study-links-excessive-tv-in-childhood-to-criminal-behavior-in-adults/

Sounding the global warming alarm
http://socialistworker.org/2013/02/19/sounding-the-global-warming-alarm

Voting Rights Act In The Supreme Court’s Crosshairs
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-section-5.php

Minimum Wage: Who Decided That Hard-Working Americans Should Fall Behind?
http://www.alternet.org/economy/minimum-wage-who-decided-hard-working-americans-should-fall-behind

Are Atheists the New Campus Crusaders?
http://www.alternet.org/belief/are-atheists-new-campus-crusaders

Bad Arguments against Marriage Equality
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2013/02/bad-arguments-against-marriage-equality/

NDAA: Pre-emptive Prosecution Coming to a Town Near You
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34039.htm

Crowdfunding The Push For A Federal Anti-SLAPP Law To Protect Free Speech
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130220/02221522035/crowdfunding-push-federal-anti-slapp-law-to-protect-free-speech.shtml

Will Obama Confiscate Guns and Gold?
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/will-obama-confiscate-guns-and-gold_022013

A Free Falling Economy Makes Bartering Go Boom
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/a-free-falling-economy-makes-bartering-go-boom_022013

Mike Bloomberg Will Leave the Homeless Worse Off Than He Found Them
http://gawker.com/5985591/mike-bloomberg-will-leave-the-homeless-worse-off-than-he-found-them

Sunday, December 2

02.Dec.2012 - NYC Shutting Down Occupy Sandy Relief, Organizing McDonalds and WalMart, Banksters = 4th branch of Government? Palestinian Statehood, Modern Day Slavery Victory, Tale of Lost American Liberty, Israel to Expand Settlements, Anti-Choice Zealots, Secret Watergate Files Released, more.

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NYC Threatens to Shut Down Occupy Sandy Relief Sites

While the history of relief efforts for Sandy victims in places such as Staten Island and Red Hook is still being written, a move on Friday by New York City will probably go down as one of the stupidest moves any governmental authority EVER made

Israel Pushes New Settlement Homes After UN Palestine Vote
The West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Ilit is seen through a barbed wire fence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to push for new housing units in response to the UN vote on Palestinian statehood. (photo: Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

he Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has ordered the construction of thousands of new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied territories in what will be widely interpreted as retaliation for the United Nations vote to recognise a Palestinian state on Thursday.

Israel/Palestine
No more slaughter in Gaza!
http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6045

Boy Scouts America: Anti Gay, Anti Atheist (BSA Blog Carnival)

The Boy Scouts Association of America not only promotes religion within their ranks, it explicitly states that without God in their lives, the children could never grow to become good people. This comes from the Boy Scout Handbook, in an archived version of the BSALegal.org website

Organizing McDonalds and Walmart
hat does the drama in Washington over the "fiscal cliff" have to do with strikes and work stoppages among America's lowest-paid workers at Walmart, McDonald's, Burger King, and Domino's Pizza? Everything.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/14814-organizing-mcdonalds-and-walmart

Will the West Survive Climate Change?
This year, summer came on like a grudge, with record-breaking heat, inescapable drought, and the sense that the effects of climate change had arrived - and that life in America's mythic frontier might never be the same.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/14812-will-the-west-survive-climate-change

Are Banksters and the Fed Becoming the Fourth Branch of Our Government?
Despite its pathetic propaganda encouraging us to practice doublethink, the Federal Reserve freely admits that it is privately owned, is a monopoly empowered by Congress, and that it operates independently from -- above? -- Congress and the president.   Yet it pays its private undisclosed shareholders/owners huge rewards . . that it extracts from U.S. taxpayers!

For Amish, fastest-growing faith group in US, life is changing
As the Amish population in the US grows – forecast to hit 1 million by 2050 – the decline of farmland is forcing the community to spread to new areas and to evolve its agrarian culture.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/1130/For-Amish-fastest-growing-faith-group-in-US-life-is-changing

Is it Time for Evangelicals to Stop Opposing Gay Marriage?

I asked this question of Jim Daly – head of Focus on the Family — about eighteen months ago.  Jim is a famously irenic figure: earnest, thoroughly likable, palpably compassionate, and absolutely devoted to causes such as adoption and immigration reform and opposing human trafficking.  He also helms an organization that, its reputation on the Left notwithstanding, devotes the vast majority of its resources into serving families and children and only a tiny proportion to political advocacy.


Now What? The State Of Palestinian Statehood

Palestinian children play in the rubble of a house that was hit by an Israeli strike during Israel's recent military offensive in the Gaza Strip Saturday.
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution Thursday that changed Palestinians' status to a "non-member observer state." It's a significant step in Palestinian-Israeli relations, but whether backward or forward depends on who's talking.

Is The Voting Rights Act Outdated?

For more than four decades, the Voting Rights Act never lost a court decision as it cut a path for minorities' increased participation in elections.

Revolution is female: the uprising of women in the Arab world
The Arabic word for revolution, thawra, has a female gender. So does the word ’huriya (freedom), and so does the word intifada (uprising). Sara Abbas talks to the social media revolutionaries behind The Uprising of Women in the Arab World, a facebook group that is taking patriarchy head-on
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/sara-abbas/revolution-is-female-uprising-of-women-in-arab-world

A victory against modern day slavery
The ILO Domestic Workers Convention was unthinkable just a few years ago. It represents the culmination of years of effort by domestic workers, advocates, and officials to shine a spotlight on a long-ignored but significant sector of the workforce, says Nisha Varia
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/nisha-varia/victory-against-modern-day-slavery

Abortion Rates Drop By 5 Percent In USAbortion Rates Drop By 5 Percent In US


Good news! The US abortion rate fell 5 percent between 2008 and 2009. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the details for 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available, and noted that this was the biggest one-year decline in at least a decade.
http://www.care2.com/causes/abortion-rates-drop-by-5-precent-in-us.html
Bradley Manning: A Tale of Liberty Lost in America
Over the past two and a half years, all of which he has spent in a military prison, much has been said about Bradley Manning, but nothing has been heard from him. That changed on Thursday, when the 23-year-old US army private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks testified at his court martial proceeding about the conditions of his detention.
http://prisonradio.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/bradley-manning-a-tale-of-liberty-lost-in-america/

Science, an essential part of culture
When peace was restored after the end of the Second World War, 44 countries convened in London to debate how to reconstruct educational systems and to enable countries to work together. Spurred on by France and Britain, the delegates decided to create an organization that would embody a culture of peace with the ultimate aim of preventing another world war. This was originally intended to be an educational and cultural organization, but two British biologists, Julian Huxley and Joseph Needham, proposed adding science to its agenda.
http://areycorneja.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/science-an-essential-part-of-culture/

Israel to expand settlements after UN vote on Palestine
The right-wing Zionist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued the go-ahead for the construction of 3,000 new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank and is putting 1,000 more on a fast track for permits. These moves are in retaliation for the United Nations General Assembly vote late Thursday night recognizing the Palestine Liberation Organization as a nonmember state.

What's Next for Anti-Choice Zealots?

After an election night thrashing, the movement hopes to make its message more palatable to the public.

8 Reasons Wall Street Greed Is the Cause, and the Solution, To Phony Fiscal Cliff Crisis

Big Finance is once again getting a free pass.
http://www.alternet.org/economy/eight-reasons-wall-street-greed-cause-and-solution-phony-fiscal-cliff-crisis

Strike Launches Largest Union Drive in US Fast Food History
Fast food workers across New York City stood up Thursday against the $200 billion fast food industry. (photo: Press TV)
hile the emblems of Wendy's, McDonald's, KFC, Domino's and other greasy dynasties are hard to escape in the American landscape, those who cook, clean, ring up orders and otherwise serve as the fulcrum of these franchises often go unnoticed. These workers, however, were hard to miss today as they stepped off burger assembly lines across New York City and into the street, picketing in front of their workplaces. The strike, which took place at numerous restaurants across the city, is the start of the largest effort to unionize fast food workers in American history. Organizers are calling the campaign Fast Food Forward.

Watergate Scandal: Secret Files Released
he US government has released more than 850 pages from the Watergate political scandal, providing new insights on privileged legal conversations and prison evaluations of several of the burglars in the case. A federal judge had decided earlier in November to unseal some material, but other records still remain off limits.
The Army Corps of Engineers caught in (another) lie

Strategic Maneuvers
The Revolving Door from the Pentagon to the Private Sector
The sinking of the Titanic
If you ever thought the story sounded fishy...


Richard Dawkins: Now Praise Intelligent Design

Bloomberg Praises ‘Occupy Sandy,’ Then Sends Police To Shut It Down

Occupy - The Movement And The Music - Spring 2013


Hundreds of Fast Food Workers Strike for Living Wage, Inspired by Wal-Mart Strike

US fiscal cliff could put economy into recessions

Breaking.. Laureates demand Nobel rescind Peace Prize to EU: time to award medals to Manning?

Marriage Equality Causes Fox News Analyst To Freak Out

DOCUMENTARIES OF THE DAY:

Cults: Dangerous Devotion


The Ascent of Money


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